Sea-Doo 210 Challenger SE

Description

Great boat. Serviced at Gainesville motorsports. Just had 2017 service. About 100 hours on motors. This is the twin engine model. HAs been dry docked for its life. Bought new in 2013. Will include tubes, skis, ropes, bumpers, life jackets, and eve a fire extinguisher. Low draw makes it great for Lanier. Includes manufacturer trailer. Item is also listed in local paper.
I WILL NOT SHIP. PICKUP ONLY. GAINESVILLE GA

The Challenger is Sea-Doo’s first entry into the 21-foot arena. It’s stylish, features quality construction and looks right at home alongside the Sea Rays and Chaparrals of the world. Step aboard, however, and the subtle differences appear. Sea-Doo takes full advantage of its compact Rotax engines, as well as a jet drive’s ultralow, inline profile. Rather than a bulky engine box impeding space, occupants find a roomy interior, 7 feet by 6 feet 3 inches, flanked by dual captain’s chairs forward and a wraparound, U-shaped bench aft. A walk-through transom splits the bench evenly down the middle. Each side incorporates a small sun pad designed to overhang the swim platform rather than using a giant base. Parents can sit here when the boat isn’t under way and watch the kids in the water. It’s also a convenient spot for skiers and boarders to sit while gearing up. Add a relatively standard bow cockpit and you’ve got room for 10.
The party continues aft. Like Yamaha before it, Sea-Doo realizes people spend considerable time at the beach and on the hook. Pull up the trailing edge of those twin sun pads and you’ll find a hinged, two-piece, molded plastic seat below. Sea-Doo calls them “transat” seats, a french word that loosely translates to lounger. The term fits. Extended onto the swim platform, and with sun pads flipped down to form each chair’s back, transat seats resemble a runabout version of the classic cruise-ship recliner. Dedicating this space to seating full time would eat up cockpit space or sacrifice the swim platform. Plug the cockpit table into its nearby socket and the party’s on. And the storage space you might find under a cockpit-eating sun pad is instead under a long hatch along the swim platform. So, this transom design is key to the amount of storage and breathing space throughout the boat.
Among the many features of the new 210 Challenger SE runabout from Sea-Doo, it’s the iTC (Intelligent Throttle Control) that packs a wow factor. The iTC system is throttle-by-wire leveraged to the max, with not just speed control, but also dual engine synchronization and selectable operation modes designed specifically for docking, economy and tow sports. It’s cool stuff.
You get iTC with either engine package. A single lever throttles and shifts both engines with a smooth, progressive control. Engine sync was invisible. Once you engage a computer, of course, you can train it to do all sorts of tricks. On this Sea-Doo, they start with basic cruise control that holds any pre-set speed. Or press a button on the dash to select Economy Mode, and the computer tempers fuel consumption by restricting boat speed to its most economical range, usually between 33 and 37 mph. Docking Mode reduces sensitivity to throttle input, so the entire throw of the lever only delivers 3500 rpm, making it much easier to handle the boat at low speeds without getting an unintended burst of power.
Finally, there is Ski Mode, which includes five pre-programmed acceleration profiles, from mild to wild. You select a target speed and a profile, and then just punch the throttle. Select profile number one and the boat accelerates gently, perfect for kids on a tube. An experienced slalom skier will probably prefer a more-aggressive profile. Thanks to built-in GPS and the computer, the system is perfectly repeatable run after run, and allows the driver to focus on the water ahead and the action behind the boat, rather than the speedometer